Birmingham, Holland Hobbiss and the long influence of Philip Webb
The Arts and Crafts tradition established deep roots in Birmingham during the nineteenth century, resulting in masterpieces such as W.R. Lethaby’s Eagle Insurance being…
Pevsner Architectural Guides
Exploring Wiltshire with Pevsner: The Estate Villages of Joseph Neeld
The estate villages of Joseph Neeld are a remarkably complete set in the picturesque styles of the earlier nineteenth-century. They are often left in…
Location, Location, Location: Introducing the New Pevsner Guide to County Durham
When it comes to the desirability of a house, property experts and novices alike have no doubt heard (and used!) the famous mantra: location,…
Pevsner Photo Competition: Nottinghamshire | The Winners
Inspired by Martine Hamilton Knight’s stunning photographs in the new Pevsner guide to Nottinghamshire by Clare Hartwell, we issued a call to the Pevsner…
Pevsner Photo Competition | Your Favourite Building in Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire Photo Competition 2020 Many of you have been admiring Martine Hamilton Knight’s photographs from the new Pevsner guide to Nottinghamshire on our Twitter…
Nottinghamshire Villages: Small Places, Far Horizons
The latest volume from the much-loved Buildings of England series to be revised and refreshed is Nottinghamshire—an oft-overlooked county that is nevertheless brimming with…
A Pevsner for Cork
The latest volume in the acclaimed Pevsner Architectural Guides series is devoted to Cork, Ireland’s largest and most southerly county, home of the second…
The Explorer’s Reward: A New Pevsner Guide to Central Leinster
The fifth publication in the Buildings of Ireland series, Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly explores a broad range of architectural gems in the…
Travels Through West Sussex – The Pevsner Perspective
Yale’s quest to update and expand Nikolaus Pevsner’s iconic guides continues with the new edition of Sussex: West. Containing 130 specially commissioned colour photographs,…
Quirky and Delightful Surprises: Pevsner Guides Revisit Hertfordshire
The new Pevsner Architectural Guide to Hertfordshire is an indispensable and eye-opening introduction to the wealth of fine buildings that can be found right on London’s…
A New Pevsner Guide: Charles O’Brien reveals Hampshire South
The new Pevsner guide Hampshire: South completes the two volume revision of the county and covers the whole of its southern seaboard from Bournemouth in…
Small Churches by Big Names – Alan Brooks explores Oxfordshire in a new Pevsner Guide
Splitting the original (and bulky) Buildings of England: Oxfordshire (Jennifer Sherwood and Nikolaus Pevsner, 1974), into two revised volumes, has numerous advantages. These include,…
HULL – UK City of Culture 2017: Spotlight on Architecture
In 2013 it was announced that Hull would be the 2017 UK City of Culture. Four years in the planning, a rich arts and…
Pevsner, Warwickshire, and the ‘blasted Bard’
‘Writing in 1965-6, Pevsner caught both the success of the burgeoning Shakespeare industry and the tension with the conservation of a historic market town…’…
Pevsner – a new county guide to Derbyshire, explored
The wonderful houses, churches and stately homes of Derbyshire are well known, but there are plenty of surprising and interesting places and details to…